Reid Sunday Concert

Date: 
Sunday, January 16, 1944
Time: 
2.30 pm.
Season/No: 
1943-44 season, 12th concert

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Guy Warrack - conductor
Dr John Fairbairn - leader of the orchestra
Dr Mary Grierson - pianoforte
Grace Johnstone - pianoforte

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

Programme

1. Overture: "Carnaval" ... Dvorak

2. (a) Prelude to Act III from "Die Meistersinger" ... Wagner
    (b) Dance of the Apprentices
    (c) Entry of the Mastersingers

3. Waltz: "The Blue Danube" ... Johann Strauss

4. Concerto in E flat for two pianofortes (K. 365) ... Mozart

       Allegro
       Andante
       Rondo: allegro

5. Prelude: "Oedipus Rex" ... Stanford

6. "Prince Igor" Dances ... Borodin

Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Group/Ensemble: 
The Reid Symphony Orchestra

Performance Type:

Programme: 
4-page programme
Programme Notes: 

Programme notes by G.W. [Guy Warrack].

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Series Ticket (10 concerts) Grand Tier, £2.10/-; Area (Reserved) £2; Area (unreserved) £1.10/-; Upper Tier £1; Single Tickets: 5/-, 4/-, 3/- & 2/- from Paterson Sons & Co. Ltd., 27 George St. Programme price: sixpence
Publicity and Reviews: 

On page 4:
- Advert for the seventh Reid orchestral concert of the season on 29 January 1944 (Brahms, Vaughan Williams, Sibelius, Moeran and Dvorak)
- Advert for the thirteenth and fourteenth Reid Sunday concerts on 23 and 30 January 1944
- Advert for the Edinburgh music club chamber music concert on 28 January 1944 at Freemasons' Hall, George Street
On page 1:
ARP notice: 'There is complete Air Raid accommodation in the basement of the Hall and the corridors. Shelters are also available at the West End (St John's Church) and in Rutland Square. In the event of an air raid an announcement will be made from the platform.'

[Reid] Professor: 
Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971